Thats great to hear your doing so well and that the kness are working. Your right it's all about the rehab. Don't stop go beyond what the Dr's want and you'll be happy for a very long time. I had a complete shoulder replacement 10 years ago best thing I ever decided to do.

I had both installed almost five years ago. Best move I ever made. Have to admit it was H*** for a little while but once I got past that, Haven't slowed down since. I was back to work about three weeks after the surgery and haven't missed a day due to knee pain since. I was back shooting about two & 1/2 weeks after they were installed. (I have to admit, I finished from a chair, but at least I shot) Best of luck. You won't regret it a bit. Incidently, I fugured where those rehab folks got their training, from the Marque de Sade. Look for the telltale scars, first beer is on me.

Big Jack - yeah, the joke is that PT stands for Pain and Torture. But it was worth it.

Funny thing was that before they discharged me they wanted to verify that I could get in and out of a shower by byself. So, they had this 27 year old occupational therapist watch me shower. Heck, if I had known that I would get to take a shower with a good looking young women I would have had the surgery done years ago !

She gave me a score of 95 (5 point deduction for leaning too far in the wheel chair and almost turning it over)

What she didn't know was that I had already taken 3 showers by myself.

I never lost my smart aleck attitude, though. Some of the exercises
would involve the left leg then the right leg. Some both at the same time. So, I quite often asked "both at the same time ?". Well, one exercise was called a "butt squeeze". You laid on this table and squeezed your buns together.
So, when she asked me to tighten my buns and do 20 butt squeezes I couldn't help but ask "both at the same time ?"

Sorry to hear you took such poor care of your knees that they had to be replaced. Glad you enjoyed your time with the young therapist, though.

Something many doctors do not explain is that new knees require a rather long break-in period. It can be shortened by mixing auto polishing compound with distilled water to thin it and then injecting it into a convenient vein where it circulates and eventually polishes the new joints making up the knee. By the time your kidneys filter out the mild abrasive, all your joints will be polished.

Check with your surgeon before doing it though. New manufacturing techniques may have reduced the required break-in period.

Rollin... I did that with my new hips... ceramic on ceramic and all it did was make me piss a gold color. Turtle wax or Wizards will polish them babies but good. Problem is you will have already be on the kidney donor list.

I went for my 3 week post operative appointment to day and the doctor told me about 10 times how amazed he was that I was doings so well with both knees being done at the same time.

And I told him that he deserved most of the credit because he told me before hand that the knee would be as strong 10 minutes after the surgery as it ever would be.I asked him if I could hurt it by overdoing it too soon and he said No

So, I really pushed my therapy. And I had nurses, hospital staff, friends, relatives and everyone else telling me that I was over doing it. My father-in-law and a nurse even went so far as to say that I wasn't being smart about it. Kinda hurt my feelings.

In the end though I am glad that I listened to the doctor and ignored everyone else. It paid off.

Congrats on your new knees, sure is great when the pain stops.
Listen to what the Doc say's, mine said your body will tell you if you are doing to much and he also said stay off ladders and stairs as much as possible, thought I knew better after 3 years I fell off 22 foot ladder and snapped titanium screws holding knee's together, had to have them both re-done and broken screws core drilled from leg bone thenremoved and replaced.

Have your knee's been screwed or medical cemented, had both mine bolted (was only 49 when they were first done and Doc said bolting will give longer life).

Am now heading back under knife for Total replacemnts of both shoulders (left in 18 days) then right 3-4 months later, hope to be back into full competion (Trap) within 6-8 months, am planning on the 08 Grand.

Good luck with the knee's and the more work you do now the better off you will be down the track.

Sorry to hear you took such poor care of your knees that they had to be replaced. Glad you enjoyed your time with the young therapist, though.

Something many doctors do not explain is that new knees require a rather long break-in period. It can be shortened by mixing auto polishing compound with distilled water to thin it and then injecting it into a convenient vein where it circulates and eventually polishes the new joints making up the knee. By the time your kidneys filter out the mild abrasive, all your joints will be polished.

Check with your surgeon before doing it though. New manufacturing techniques may have reduced the required break-in period.

Rollin... I did that with my new hips... ceramic on ceramic and all it did was make me piss a gold color. Turtle wax or Wizards will polish them babies but good. Problem is you will have already be on the kidney donor list.

I went for my 3 week post operative appointment to day and the doctor told me about 10 times how amazed he was that I was doings so well with both knees being done at the same time.

And I told him that he deserved most of the credit because he told me before hand that the knee would be as strong 10 minutes after the surgery as it ever would be.I asked him if I could hurt it by overdoing it too soon and he said No

So, I really pushed my therapy. And I had nurses, hospital staff, friends, relatives and everyone else telling me that I was over doing it. My father-in-law and a nurse even went so far as to say that I wasn't being smart about it. Kinda hurt my feelings.

In the end though I am glad that I listened to the doctor and ignored everyone else. It paid off.

Congrats on your new knees, sure is great when the pain stops.
Listen to what the Doc say's, mine said your body will tell you if you are doing to much and he also said stay off ladders and stairs as much as possible, thought I knew better after 3 years I fell off 22 foot ladder and snapped titanium screws holding knee's together, had to have them both re-done and broken screws core drilled from leg bone thenremoved and replaced.

Have your knee's been screwed or medical cemented, had both mine bolted (was only 49 when they were first done and Doc said bolting will give longer life).

Am now heading back under knife for Total replacemnts of both shoulders (left in 18 days) then right 3-4 months later, hope to be back into full competion (Trap) within 6-8 months, am planning on the 08 Grand.

Good luck with the knee's and the more work you do now the better off you will be down the track.